Author: Jack Lysohir When I speak to alumni that attended Middlebury in the 1980s and 90s, they almost inevitably date themselves by mentioning their "room phones." Whether coordinating for a big party, asking someone out for a drink at Mister Ups, or even performing pranks of epic proportions, phones ...
Author: Cloe Shasha In the early 1900s, Middlebury College received over 34,000 acres of land from Joseph Battell.Many students recognize Battell's name from the first-year residence hall that bears the same title. Battell was a major benefactor of the College in the early 20th century, donating most ...
Author: Sarah Bryan Three years ago, students in Professor Jon Isham's spring Environmental Economics course were assigned to develop a solution for current environmental problems. Five students, four of whom were members of the Middlebury ski team, sat down to brainstorm ways in which the College ...
Author: Aylie Baker "Earth, Ourselves, Breathe and awaken, Leaves are stirring, All things moving, New day coming..."Six years ago, Chris Howell '04.5 read this Pawnee Native American prayer to a crowd huddled on a small plot of land just a quarter mile from the central Middlebury campus. There was ...
Author: Jaime Fuller John M. McCardell, President Emeritus of the College and Director of Choose Responsibility, was the guest speaker at the inaugural run of "The Forum at 51 Main" on Nov. 18, giving a talk titled, "The 21 Year-Old Drinking Age: Mend It or End It?" The Forum seeks to improve town-gown ...
Author: Kevin Redmon The mailman delivering to my Washington apartment is not known for his attention to detail. I end up with a lot of other people's magazines this way. Normally I crumple up the pages to stuff into the crumbling masonry of my poorly constructed and very drafty basement room. Yesterday's ...
Author: Peter Baumann I consider myself qualified to write a sports article. It may not the best or most entertaining article, but I would certainly consider myself qualified. This is not true when it comes to environmental issues. Between a mother in the oil and gas industry and a father who is firm ...
Author: Jeff Klein In the competitiveness of college athletics, we often forget that the game affects more than just the winning team, losing team, and crazed supporters of both sides. Sporting events carry with them heavy environmental consequences, many of them negative.Several Middlebury sports teams ...
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Author: Stephanie Joyce, Ian Trombulak, Adam Schaffer, and Tess Russell COLLEGE KEEPS UP WITH CURRENT PRINTING TRENDSEven printing has a taken on a distinctly green hue in recent years as Middlebury has kept pace with the national trend, switching to 100 percent post-consumer waste paper in most publications, ...
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Author: Tess Russell At the outset of the 1994 academic year, President Emeritus John McCardell delivered an all-campus address that highlighted distinct areas in which the College had emerged as a national leader. McCardell imagined that these "Peaks of Excellence," as he dubbed them, extended far ...
Author: Rachael Jennings In the commotion of Ross Dining Hall, you brave the line and emerge with a plate of chicken parmesan, unaware that you are part of a chain of sustainability and environmental awareness that has resulted in the steaming poultry dish in your hands. Middlebury Dining ...
Author: Jack Byrne The current economic turmoil in the world comes with many lessons, some of which we know but seem to have forgotten. A core principle of economics involves the relationship between capital and interest: invest your capital wisely and spend the interest it earns. By some strange mathematics ...
Author: [no author name found] Why the Green Issue? Why not? After a handful of our peer publications (Vanity Fair, Time, The New York Times Magazine) produced their own Green Issues, featuring a more sustainable production process and an emphasis on environmental content, we thought that we should ...
Author: Layout by Hannah Wilson, Photos by Andrew Ngeow and Angela Evancie From our earliest discussions of making this issue, we knew the most effective approach would be twofold - the week's content would focus on pressing environmental issues, of course, but we would also endeavor to change certain ...
Author: Peter Baumann No one is quite sure how to define a dynasty. While certain transcendent eras, such as that of the UCLA Bruins in the 1970s, undoubtedly qualify, others are less obvious - with often amorphous beginnings and uncertain ends. But by whatever standard one uses, we can say beyond a ...
Author: Alex Garlick Middlebury is deservedly proud of its status as a global institution; the dozens of international flags flying off of the roof of Voter during commencement is a sight to be seen. It really shows how far some Middlebury students have come. But under the lens of sustainability, it ...